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Ambassadors

Genres: Comedy-Drama
Broadcast on: BBC Brit

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Season 1

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
BBC Two 23 Oct 2013 06 Nov 2013 Wednesdays, 21h00 - 22h00 3
BBC Brit 11 Oct 2015 25 Oct 2015 Sundays, 21h00 - 22h00 3


Season 1

Ambassadors is a British comedy-drama television series written by James Wood and Rupert Walters which follows the lives of the employees of the British embassy in the fictional Central Asian nation of Tazbekistan.

An ambassador's life is like James Bond, right? All glamorous soirees and solving diplomatic issues over cocktails? Well, not quite...

Keith Davis is the newly appointed British Ambassador to the fictional Central Asian Republic of Tazbekistan; oil-rich, corrupt and ruled over by The Prez – a dictator with a penchant for vodka-fuelled hunting parties.

David Mitchell plays Keith Davies and Robert Webb his seasoned second in command, Deputy Head of Mission, Neil Tilly.

They are a team under constant, competing pressures: pressures from London keen to ensure UK PLC doesn't miss out on lucrative business contracts in an emerging oil rich nation; pressure from his under-funded, under-resourced embassy struggling to maintain an image of Britain as an important global political heavyweight; and pressure to maintain good relations with a rigid, autocratic local regime with a dubious human rights record.

Ambassadors, produced by That Mitchell & Webb Company and Big Talk Productions for BBC Two, is a comedy drama series written by James Wood (co-creator of Rev) and Rupert Walters (Spooks) starring award-winning comedy actors David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Ambassadors features an ensemble cast led by Keeley Hawes (Spooks, Ashes To Ashes, Upstairs Downstairs) as the ambassador's wife, Jennifer; Matthew Macfayden as POD – nicknamed the 'Prince of Darkness' – Davis's superior at the Foreign Office in London; and Igal Naor (House Of Saddam) playing Karzak, the president of Tazbekistan.

Susan Lynch, Amara Karan and Shivani Ghai make up the key members of Davis and Neil's embassy staff: Caitlin - head of consular; Isabel - trade and political secretary; and Natalia - head of public relations.

Natalia Tena (Harry Potter, Game Of Thrones) plays Tanya, Neil's Tazbek girlfriend, who runs the local ex-pat bar. Debbie Chazen (The Smoking Room) appears as the embassy housekeeper, Ludmilla.

Special guest stars include Tom Hollander (Rev, Pirates Of The Caribbean, In The Loop) as Prince Mark, a minor royal and trade envoy on a key mission to help secure an important oil contract for Britain; Michael Smiley (Good Cop, Ripper Street) as Jackson, a grim-faced vetting officer for the foreign office who grills the staff on their loyalty to Queen and country; and Elliot Cowans (Lost In Austen) as Stephen Pembridge, a self-important actor flown in to celebrate the Best Of British Festival in Tazbekistan.

Ambassadors is a That Mitchell & Webb/Big Talk production for BBC Two. Executive producers are Big Talk CEO Kenton Allen, Luke Alkin, Matthew Justice and David Mitchell and Robert Webb (Big Talk Productions/That Mitchell & Webb Company).

The series is produced by Chris Carey and directed by Jeremy Webb.


Season 1 Cast

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Keith Davis

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Neil Tilly

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Jennifer Davis

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President Karzak

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Caitlin

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Isabel

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Tanya

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Natalia

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Prince Mark

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Simon Broughton

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Svecko

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Stephen Pembridge

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Equerry

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Jackson

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Captain Jones


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